Book Review: Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana

Reviewed By: Jennifer Jordan

Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana     Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB
Lisa Lee - 1 , Tee Morris
Class/Genre:   Fantasy
2002 Dragon Moon Press Fantasy

Upon opening this book to its’ prologue you will participate in Rafe Rafton’s rise to Captain of the Defiant and his journey across the rift, a space-time continuum, and into the land Naruihm. His life as a privateer/pirate for King Henry VIII’s is relived in this new land and perpetrated against Queen Askana Moldarin, First Queen of Molevi, who sets a price on his head. With usurpers to her throne and those that would gladly see this proud warrior queen dead, she is forced to hire the brash otherworlder in a quest to stop her enemies that takes her into further danger for her life and her heart. Does this sound like the plot of a bad romance/fantasy book? I thought so to, until I got hooked by the deft characterizations, fast-paced plot and merging of English history, Asian culture, magic and mayhem fleshed out by lush settings and an adventure that goes beyond the wildest Errol Flynn escapade. And if you think you’ve got it all figured mid-book, you’ll be wrong.

Lisa Lee and Tee Morris wrote this book by e-mailing each other back and forth. The result of this is an uncommon and well-rounded debut that transcends gender and genre. Delightful!

Jennifer Jordan

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